The Crossing - There Were Roses

Текст с Bandcamp'а: “Tommy Sands' classic “There Were Roses“ has affected us deeply for many years, and after bringing it back into our concert set, we were urged by our audiences to record it. This is for our faithful fans and for Ireland. lyrics My song for you this evening is not to make you sad Or for adding to the sorrows of our troubled northern land Lately I've been thinking and it just won't leave my mind I'll tell you of two friends one time who were both good friends of mine Isaac Scott from Banagh, he lived just across the fields A great man for the music and the dancing and the reels McDonald came from South Armagh to court young Alice fair And we'd often meet on the Ryan Road and laughter filled the air There were roses, roses There were roses And the tears of the people ran together Now Isaac he was Protestant, Sean was Catholic-born But it never made a difference for the friendship it was strong Sometimes in the evenings when we heard the sound of drums We said it won't divide us, we always will be one For the ground our fathers plowed in, the soil it is the same And the places where we say our prayers they've just got different names We talked about the friends who'd died, we hoped there'd be no more It's little did we realize the tragedy in store It was on a Sunday morning when the awful news came round Another killing had been done just outside Newry town We knew that Isaac danced up there, we knew he like the band When we heard that we was dead we just could not understand Gathered at the graveside on one cold and rainy day The minister, he closed his eyes and for no revenge he prayed All of us who knew him from along the Ryan Road Bowed our heads and said a prayer for the resting of his soul Now fear it filled the countryside, there was fear in every home Late at night a car came prowling round the Ryand Road A Catholic would be killed tonight to even up the score Oh God, it's young McDonald that they've taken from the door “But Isaac was my friend,“ he cried, he begged them with his tears But centuries of hatred have ears that cannot hear And eye for an eye, it was all that filled their minds And another eye for another eye until everyone is blind My song for you this evening is not to make you sad Or for adding to the sorrows of our troubled northern land But lately I've been thinking and it just won't leave my mind I'll tell you of two friends one time who were both good friends of mine Now I don't know where the moral is or where this song should end But I wonder just how many wars are fought between good friends And those who give the orders, they are not the ones to die It's Scott, and McDonald, and the likes of you and I credits from Dancing At The Crossroads, released June 1, 1993 Words & Music: Tommy Sands“